IIT Entrance and Coaching

Recently I was reading various articles on how coaching classes are adversely affecting the type of students who are admitted into the IITs. Given the limited number of available seats, potential students will always try to get the best training to get admission. It is like trying to win gold at the Olympics -- you need a good coach, equipment, training etc. So it is best if the IITs accept the fact that potential students along with the various coaching classes will try to game any admission test. The only way is to define explicitly the profile they wish the incoming students to have. So by seteting the goal posts to the type of students they wish to admit, they can ensure that the coaching is helping the IITs select the best prepared students. Of course, in the long run the number of seats in the IITs has to increase or other reputable education institutions should be started to stop this insane competition.